Spiritual Awakening – Enlightenment

Is the world just an illusion or real? This is a question that some of the people who visit this website and blog ask. The world is not real in the sense that: Nothing is permanent in the world. The reality or lack or reality of the world largely depends on our five senses. Everything

People who follow self improvement or spiritual growth techniques, such as concentration, meditation willpower or self discipline, sometimes get bored, lose interest and desire to quit. There are many reasons why this might happen. If you over practice, your body and mind might resist

– What happens if you observe your thoughts? – What happens if you ask yourself where do your thoughts come from? – Who is thinking all these thoughts? – Are you your thoughts, or are they something that occur to you? – Do your thoughts belong to you, or

Someone wrote to me a few days ago, saying that he read one of my the articles, “You Are not the Mind”, and the article made him feel uncomfortable. He couldn’t accept the idea that he is not his mind. He asked, “What does the word mind mean? How can it be that

Have you ever examined your thoughts and beliefs and wondered, why do you think these particular thoughts, and why hold to those beliefs? Have you ever thought whether the thoughts you think are yours, or whether they are other people’s ideas, or thoughts you have unconsciously

Nowadays, there is so much talk about Self Realization, enlightenment and freedom. We hear and read about the mind, concentration, meditation, and inner growth techniques. People search, read, study and wander about, to find the answer to their true identity and the reason they are he

Regular practice of meditation can lead to experiencing brief flashes of inner silence, or as some spiritual traditions call it, emptiness. As one progresses with meditation, and meditation gets steadier and deeper, these brief moments, which may last for split seconds in the beginnin

Watch your consciousness closely, this sensation of being aware and alive, and observe what you feel. I do not mean that you look at the contents of your mind. I mean becoming fully aware of the sensation of being alive and existing. This consciousness I am referring to, is not the aw